This document outlines plans to develop open-source renewable energy technologies through a community-driven project. It will establish an energy lab in Kyiv, Ukraine to design and share plans for a biogas digester, Stirling engine, utile gas generator, and solar concentrator. The goal is to make renewable energy more affordable and accessible by applying open-source development practices. Within a year the project aims to fully document prototype systems, and within two years launch 1kW Stirling engines and larger biogas digesters. Partners and volunteers are welcomed to join the renewable energy hacking community.

1. open-source
renewable energy

2. We Develop
Renewable Energy
Costruction Set
– Open source
– Community-driven
– Available for
everyone
– DIY (Do-It-Yourself)

3. Technologies we start with
Biogas digester
● Allows generating burnable
gas from cow, pig or
human manure or green
biomass
● Manure of two cows is
enough to power 2 midsize
village houses
● The budget for a small
biogas installation is below
USD 700
● Can be assembled from
local hardware store
materials
Image: courtesy of Oleksandr Lyashenko

4. Technologies we start with
Stirling engine
● External combustion
engine
● Transforms heat from any
source into mechanical
energy
● Great for electricity
generation and
co-generation
● Can be produced with
minimum of machining
equipment

5. Technologies we start with
Utile gas
● Utile gas generator allows
generating burnable gas
from biomass (wood,
pellets, etc)
● Can become a powerful
energy source for farmers
● Easy to assemble from
details available from any
local hardware store
● We already have a working
industrial prototype

6. Technologies we start with
Concentrator
● Solar concentrator can
provide up to 700 C heat in
a focal point in a sunny
day
● It is cheap to build
● Can be used to heat water
or power Stirling Engines
● Cooking food with solar
concentrator reduces
energy bill
● Simple to make and
assemble
●

7. How we do it
Running open source energy lab in
Kyiv (Ukraine)
Sharing our findings and designs
with others
Gathering a global energy hackers`
community at energytorrent.org
Cooperating with similar projects

8. The Lab
...starts in a garage
● We are just starting
● Energy experiments and
development will start soon
● We are now getting the
necessary equipment
● You are welcome to join to
energy hacking
● EnergyTorrent needs more
seeders and trackers :)
● Your ideas and input are
more than important!

9. Our mission
Make renewable energy more
affordable to local communities,
entrepreneurs and general public
by using open-source approaches
to usage of renewable energy.

10. Our goals
● Create a community of engineers and enthusiasts
developing open models and equipment for
renewable energy usage
● Apply successful open-source development practices
to the renewable energy sphere
● Develop open versions of most popular and
accessible technologies of renewable energy.
● Teach those interested to produce their own means
for usage of renewable energy

11. The Plan
In 1 year we plan to develop:
– A completely documented (plans + assembly videos) 5Kw
utile gas (synthesis gas) generator
– 500 Wt Stirling engine working prototype
– A 0.1 m3 output biogas digester
– 1,5 meter solar concentrator (providing ~300° C at focal
point)
In 2 years we plan to launch:
– 1KWt Stirling engine working prototype
– 4 m3 output biogas digester
– Solar concentrator providing ~700° C at focal point
– We are open to new ideas

12. Team
Zicnhenko Andrij, Kryzhanivskyj Biletskiy Igor,
Renewable energy activist, Engineer, inventor
Co-founder of Ukrainian energy
Oleksandr, Renewable energy expert
innovations network Greencubator Engineer, renewable energy expert,
Co-founder of “Energy-efficient
village” project
Bilokin Andrij, Truten Olga, Okhlopkova Valentyna,
Eco-activist, technologist Engineer, biogas expert Eco-activist, motivator

13. Partners
www.greencubator.info
www.hackerspace.com.ua
We welcome new partners and friends!

14. Join us
Ready join our friendly community? We
are more than happy to wellcome:
– Energy hackers
– Volunteers
– Just curious

15. Contacts
energytorrent.org
facebook.com/energytorrent
twitter.com/energytorrent
zinchenko.andrij@gmail.com